tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-82138490605854303602016-07-28T13:46:43.481-04:00A Sabbath BlogRun by Adventist youth, A Sabbath Blog is a Christian blog for other youth to learn more about God, new youth events and rallies, what's going on in our church, and awesome things to do on Saturday afternoons! We also link to Adventist websites that will point you in right direction.Art Begottinoreply@blogger.comBlogger279125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-52703563393181587282014-07-17T13:32:00.000-04:002014-07-17T17:32:37.357-04:002014 Forever Faithful Camporee theme song lyrics<p>Here&#39;s the official theme song for the 2014 Forever Faithful International Pathfinder Camporee.</p><br><iframe width="440" height="248" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/rjkoAStoJjQ?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br><br><p>Lyrics below:</p><br><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/07/the-2014-forever-faithful-theme-song.html#more">This article continues. Keep reading »</a>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-28586985287503328622014-04-21T10:00:00.000-04:002014-04-21T10:00:06.824-04:00Mission Lifeguard promotional video<iframe width="441" height="248" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/jfzIf20lp6g?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br /><br /><p>Mission Lifeguard is an initiative by the North American Division Youth Ministries department to reach out to missing young people.</p>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-5146873418033617442014-04-18T20:56:00.000-04:002014-04-18T23:52:05.132-04:00The 13 problems with "The Record Keeper" by the Biblical Research Institute<span style="float: left; clear: both; margin: 0em 1.2em 0.5em 0em;"><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/04/breaking-news-biblical-research.html"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-miol824b9VA/U1HUE_KlOMI/AAAAAAAACes/D6xK76VbyNc/s512/Screen%2520Shot%25202014-04-18%2520at%25208.39.45%2520PM.png" width="170px"></a></span><p>&quot;The Record Keeper,&quot; the Seventh-day Adventist Church&#39;s highly anticipated series was suspended due to theological innaccuracies, according to Adventist News Network.</p><br><p>The series was based on &quot;The Great Controversy&quot; by Ellen White. It was analyzed by the Church&#39;s Biblical Research Institute, which found several &quot;problematic and theologically inaccurate matters raised in the Web series,&quot; ANN reported.</p><br><p>However, according to the series&#39; director, Jason Satterlund, the scripts had been approved by multiple committees and the Ellen G. White Estate before production began.</p><br><p>&quot;We got the stamp of approval from those committees AND the stamp of approval from the White estate,&quot; <a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/04/exclusive-record-keeper-director-talks.html" target="_blank">Satterlund wrote</a>. &quot;They agreed with everything we had. Not only that, but representatives from the GC were on set every day of production&quot;</p><br><p>Adventist News Network updated its <a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/04/breaking-news-record-keepers-release.html" target="_blank">news article</a> to include a link to the Biblical Research Institute&#39;s concerns about &quot;The Record Keeper.&quot; Here is the list of concerns:</p><br><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/04/breaking-news-biblical-research.html#more">This article continues. Keep reading »</a>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-73243428621091009342014-04-18T18:56:00.001-04:002014-04-18T22:26:28.100-04:00Exclusive: "The Record Keeper" director talks about why the series was cancelled<a href="http://asabbathblog.com/2014/04/exclusive-record-keeper-director-talks.html"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-cOOmovmqTC0/U1GbJH42yMI/AAAAAAAACcg/Yj9FFHLpO-8/s880/asabbathblog-jason-satterlund-interview.png" width="440px"></a><br><br><p>Last week, the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists suspended the release of its highly anticipated dramatic series, &quot;The Record Keeper.&quot; </p><br><p>The series was based on &quot;The Great Controversy&quot; by Ellen White, but the cancellation of the series has itself become a controversy and somewhat of a public relations situation for the General Conference.</p><br><p>A Sabbath Blog reached out to Jason Satterlund, director of the project, for his thoughts on the cancellation of &quot;The Record Keeper&quot; and its impact on the Adventist Church.</p><br><p>Below is our exclusive interview in full:</p><br><p class="question">What&#39;s next for &quot;The Record Keeper? Is there a future for the series?</p><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/04/exclusive-record-keeper-director-talks.html#more">This article continues. Keep reading »</a>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-16854335709550573052014-04-17T10:00:00.000-04:002014-04-17T10:00:05.386-04:00This is how scammers stole $500,000 from the Adventist Church by hacking a Gmail account<a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/04/this-is-how-scammers-stole-500000-from.html"><img src="https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-DQdZP_u7sbQ/U062Fin9SOI/AAAAAAAACaI/JT7Kb4fOIyc/s720/hackers2.png" width="440px"></a><br><br><p>New details have been released in the ongoing investigation of a sophisticated cyber theft that defrauded the Seventh-day Adventist Church of approximately US$500,000 during the span of a four-week period late last year. </p><br><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/04/this-is-how-scammers-stole-500000-from.html#more">This article continues. Keep reading »</a>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-20996795976576333752014-04-16T10:00:00.001-04:002014-04-16T11:52:23.748-04:00How young people shared Jesus during Global Youth Day 2014<span style="float: left; clear: both; margin: 0em 1.2em .5em 0em;"><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/04/how-youth-shared-jesus-during-global.html"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-RecjIRQReqg/U06iDa5AVuI/AAAAAAAACZc/k9rQQO9LulM/s512/10004339_220996001429215_2072108888_n.jpg" width="160px"></a></span><p>[Last] month’s Global Youth Day was the second annual event that sent hundreds of thousands of Seventh-day Adventist youth and young adults out of church for service projects in neighborhoods and communities worldwide.</p><br><p>The March 15 event was also broadcast on the Internet live, highlighting projects from 20 sites. This year’s event had nearly three times the live online participation from last year, with more than 27,000 media publications on the event’s website and Facebook page.</p><br><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/04/how-youth-shared-jesus-during-global.html#more">This article continues. Keep reading »</a>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-87041790167715847052014-04-15T10:00:00.001-04:002014-04-16T11:53:10.888-04:00Adventist mission pilot dies in plane accident in Indonesia<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/82102108?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="440" height="247" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe><br><br><p>An Adventist Aviation-Indonesia (AAI) mission plane piloted by veteran pilot Bob Roberts crashed upon takeoff this morning at the AAI headquarters in Papua, claiming his life as well as that of at least one other person onboard.*</p><br><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/04/adventist-mission-pilot-dies-in-plane.html#more">This article continues. Keep reading »</a>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-64126834403128140202014-04-12T20:16:00.001-04:002014-04-18T23:39:18.645-04:00This is why the suspension of "The Record Keeper" is important to young Adventists<a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/04/why-suspension-of-record-keeper-is.html"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-B_pf1E7wACQ/U0pJAloUvpI/AAAAAAAACZA/-_GqpxKGk-A/s880/asb-trk-why.jpg" width="440px"></a><br><br><p>The Seventh-day Adventist world church leadership suspended the release of its highly anticipated dramatic web series, &quot;The Record Keeper.&quot;</p><br><p>The announcement came Friday afternoon via the world church&#39;s news service, Adventist News Network.</p><br><p>Here are a few questions you may be asking yourself and our attempt to answer them:</p><br><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/04/why-suspension-of-record-keeper-is.html#more">This article continues. Keep reading »</a>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-7710660136880235662014-04-11T19:12:00.001-04:002014-04-18T22:28:07.558-04:00The Record Keeper's release suspended by Adventist Church leadership<a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/04/breaking-news-record-keepers-release.html"><img src="https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-0n0rgvalsHI/U0iD5MjozJI/AAAAAAAACYM/zq8ViHI--dQ/s660/The-Record-Keeper-Suspended-asb.jpg" width="440px"></a><br><br>Seventh-day Adventist world church leadership today announced their decision to suspend the release of the 11-episode series called “The Record Keeper,” but agreed to explore the possibility of supporting similar creative outreach projects. <br><br>The decision came after carefully reviewing the Web series, which dramatizes the epic struggle between good and evil. Seventh-day Adventist church leaders from different parts of the world and the world headquarters evaluated the series, participated in the discussions and the decision-making process. <br><br>“Seventh-day Adventist world church leadership is committed to using and developing creative methods of outreach that are faithful to Scripture and Seventh-day Adventist ideals to reach segments of the population that will never be impacted by traditional evangelism,” said world church president, Ted N. C. Wilson. <br><br><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/04/breaking-news-record-keepers-release.html#more">This article continues. Keep reading »</a>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-34575713778593151742014-03-22T09:30:00.000-04:002014-07-17T14:24:37.639-04:00Bible Collection at the 2014 Forever Faithful Intl. Camporee<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/88215894?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="440" height="248" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe><br><br><p>At each of the international Pathfinder camporees, Pathfinders get the chance to help someone in another country learn more about Jesus.</p><br><p>If you&#39;re attending the upcoming Forever Faithful International Pathfinder Camporee this August, you&#39;ll get the chance to help out too!</p><br><p>It&#39;s super easy, what you do:</p><br><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/03/bible-collection-at-2014-forever.html#more">This article continues. Keep reading »</a>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-28093563288944382102014-03-14T23:09:00.000-04:002014-03-15T02:04:23.495-04:00Watch Global Youth Day 2014 live online<a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/03/watch-global-youth-day-2014-live-online.html"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ipd22ImqJoY/Ux0KvkqDNjI/AAAAAAAACXE/6LB8Jajahgs/s880/GYD-live-online-banner.jpg" width="440px"></a><br><br><p>Global Youth Day 2014 is here!</p><br><p>Right now, <a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/03/adventist-church-wants-millions-of.html">millions of Adventist youth</a> around the world are sharing God&#39;s love with their communities through acts of kindness.</p><br><p>Watch a live stream from around the world below:</p><br><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/03/watch-global-youth-day-2014-live-online.html#more">This article continues. Keep reading »</a>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-56709101750632970572014-03-10T09:00:00.000-04:002014-07-17T14:12:00.909-04:00Forever Faithful Camporee Blooper Reel<iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/81139393?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0" width="440" height="247" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe><br><br><p>On the last night of the 2009 Courage to Stand International Pathfinder Camporee, a 3D animated teaser announced the theme and the title of the next international camporee.</p><br><p>The video featured Queen Esther (the main character of the 2009 nightly stage drama) introducing Daniel (the main character for the 2014 nightly drama).</p><br><p>The camporee organizers released a &quot;blooper reel&quot; of the video a while back. You can watch that video above.</p><br><p>You can watch the original animated promotional video from 2009 below.</p><br><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/03/forever-faithful-camporee-blooper-reel.html#more">This article continues. Keep reading »</a>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-92211582214422619572014-03-08T01:46:00.001-05:002014-03-15T19:17:19.335-04:00Adventist Church wants millions of youth to skip church on March 15, here's why you should too<a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/03/adventist-church-wants-millions-of.html"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-eZ0Mqw3-emI/UxqY_0VRUMI/AAAAAAAACVM/XsCFPMTj9bA/s800/Article-Banner-Template.jpg" width="440px"></a><br><br><p><i><b>UPDATE:</b> Global Youth Day is happening right now. <a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/03/watch-global-youth-day-2014-live-online.html">Watch the live video</a>.</i></p><br><p>Adventist youth around the world plan to skip church on Saturday, March 15. Instead of listening to another sermon, these youth plan to actually be the sermon!</p><br><p>It&#39;s called Global Youth Day (GYD) and the General Conference Youth Ministries wants youth to go out and share God&#39;s love to their communities through acts of kindness.</p><br><p><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2013/03/8-million-youth-to-skip-church-today.html">Eight million</a> young people participated in last year&#39;s Global Youth Day, according to the GC Youth Ministries Dept. It was also the Adventist Church&#39;s <a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2013/03/globalyouthday-was-adventistchurchs.html">largest social media event</a>. Four million people were talking about it on the Internet, according to Adventist News Network.</p><br><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/03/adventist-church-wants-millions-of.html#more">This article continues. Keep reading »</a>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-8371748319773188132014-01-25T00:58:00.000-05:002014-04-13T02:09:22.057-04:00"The Record Keeper" will continue, announces General Conference<iframe width="439" height="247" src="//www.youtube.com/embed/qqATTCrzOv4?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br><br><p>&quot;The Record Keeper&quot; has been saved, but you may have to wait a bit longer before you can see it.</p><br><p>The General Conference announced Friday night that work will continue on the church&#39;s highly anticipated web series.</p><br><p>The Record Keeper, an upcoming dramatic show based on The Great Controversy, was believed to be in danger of not being released.</p><br><p>Adventist college students began a campaign to save the steampunk web series. They created a Facebook page and began releasing videos featuring young people explaining why the series should continue. (You can watch those videos below.) </p><br><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/01/breaking-news-record-keeper-has-been.html#more">This article continues. Keep reading »</a>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-45934975300995822722014-01-24T18:18:00.002-05:002014-03-14T22:49:15.018-04:00Innocent pastor freed after almost 2 years in jail<div style="float:left; clear:both; margin:.2em 1.2em .5em 0em;"><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/01/in-togo-innocent-pastor-finally-freed.html"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-7iSnyFj_B2A/UuL2EaJcdII/AAAAAAAACUI/FwI8nFqnkoM/s640/csm_mont_out_2_c8af3c7422.jpg" width="200px;"></a><p class="img_credit">ANN photo</p></div><p>In Togo, a Seventh-day Adventist pastor who had been held on false charges for almost 2 years was finally released last week.</p><br><p>Things weren&#39;t so great for another church member had been held with Monteiro. Bruno Amah was convicted by a jury and sentenced to life in prison, according to a report by Adventist News Network.</p><br><p>The imprisonment of Pastor Antonio Monteiro and another church member, Bruno Amah, had captured the attention of Adventists around the world.</p><br><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/01/in-togo-innocent-pastor-finally-freed.html#more">This article continues. Keep reading »</a>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-50666711018156314992014-01-23T13:08:00.000-05:002014-03-14T22:48:18.260-04:00Southern Adventist University goes under lockdown, police have a suspect in custody<a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/01/breaking-news-southern-adventist.html"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ndm3H02_ivA/UuL-NqoqeNI/AAAAAAAACUw/Fm_bVThhbIQ/s492/Ber-VwLIIAAX4rm.png" width="440px" height="222px"></a><p style="font-size: .8em; font-style:italic; text-align: right;"><span class="img_credit" style="text-align: right;">[Image via: <a href="https://twitter.com/MCHadley/status/426432764641292288/photo/1" target="_blank">@MCHadley/Twitter</a>]</span></p><br><p>Southern Adventist University went under a campus wide lockdown Thursday afternoon in response to a &quot;percieved threat&quot; by a former student.</p><br><p>The lockdown lasted approximately 2 hours as police flooded the administration building and men&#39;s dormitory. The Greater Collegedale School System also went under lockdown, according to the Georgia-Cumberland Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.</p><br><p>After the lockdown was lifted, the university released a statement saying that a former Southern student made a threat over delayed paperwork. The university was alerted to this threat by Chattanooga State Community College officials, the statement said. </p><br><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/01/breaking-news-southern-adventist.html#more">This article continues. Keep reading »</a>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-50554526212804335652014-01-04T18:45:00.000-05:002014-01-04T18:45:41.460-05:00Missing Adventist missionary found dead in Guatemala<a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/01/missing-adventist-missionary-found-dead.html"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-ydTdz7pUSRU/UsiaEuiMj0I/AAAAAAAACT8/XC2J_gDRaKw/s449/1545650_1375793582679287_1266836070_n.jpg" width="100px" class="img_left"></a><p>The body of Brian Townsend, a missing Seventh-day Adventist missionary, has been found in Guatemala, according to The Toronto Star.</p><br><p>Townsend, 64, had been missing in Belize since Christmas Eve, according to the <a href="http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2014/01/02/body_found_in_belize_that_of_missing_canadian_brian_townsend.html" target="_blank">newspaper</a>.</p><br><p>Townsend&#39;s neighbor and cook said she saw Townsend&#39;s truck heading out of town with a &quot;mattress and a rolled-up rug,&quot; according to an <a href="http://adventistreview.org/church-news/prayers,-search-continue-in-belize-for-missing-canadian-adventist-missionary" target="_blank">article</a> by Adventist Review. The cook said she discovered Townsend&#39;s truck was missing and his apartment looted the following morning.</p><br><p>Two machetes and blood were found about fifty feet from Townsend&#39;s home, reported Adventist Review.</p><br><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2014/01/missing-adventist-missionary-found-dead.html#more">This article continues. Keep reading »</a>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-62756960137367955612014-01-04T15:50:00.000-05:002014-01-04T15:50:09.645-05:00How Adventists around the world are connectedHere's a short video from the Seventh-day Adventist world church explaining how Adventists around the world are connected and how the world church is organized. Cool stuff!<br /><br /><iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/80300838?portrait=0" width="440" height="247" frameborder="0" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-70344649461269834782013-08-16T08:00:00.000-04:002013-08-16T08:00:06.054-04:00Mob attacks and burns Adventist church in Egypt<p>In Egypt, Muslim neighbors rescued a Seventh-day Adventist pastor and his wife from their burning church on Wednesday night.</p><br><p>According to Adventist News Network, a mob attacked and set fire to the Assiut Seventh-day Adventist Church during political rioting.</p><br><p>The church&#39;s pastor and his wife had been hiding from the mob in their upstairs apartment above the church and were not found by the mob, ANN reported.</p><br><p>You can read the full article by Adventist News Network below:</p><br><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2013/08/mob-attacks-and-burns-adventist-church.html#more">This article continues. Keep reading »</a>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-80500578446684430302013-08-12T10:41:00.000-04:002013-08-12T11:28:42.508-04:00In Serbia, European Adventist youth impact community, strengthen faith<div class="img_left"><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2013/08/in-serbia-european-adventist-youth.html"><img src="http://news.adventist.org/images/sized/images/uploads/images/euro-youth-front-inside-315x237.jpeg" width="100px"></a><p class="caption">[Photos: Corrado Cozzi/Adventist News Network]</p></div><p>Seventh-day Adventist young people helped clear the air this week in Novi Sad’s Liberty Square, where they asked passers-by to trade their cigarettes for watermelon and other fresh fruit on a warm summer day.</p><br><p>Benjamin Zihlman and Reimo Butscher from Switzerland expressed surprise when most of the residents were willing to swap not just their lit cigarettes, but their entire pack of cigarettes. Others went further, indicating a desire to quit smoking altogether and exchanging contact information with the young volunteers.</p><br><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2013/08/in-serbia-european-adventist-youth.html#more">This article continues. Keep reading »</a>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-64177654192394308182013-05-11T10:30:00.000-04:002013-05-11T10:30:02.716-04:00Adventist boy still missing in Bangladesh after deadly building collapse<p>In Bangladesh, an Adventist boy is still missing after a building collapsed and killed more than 1,000 people.</p><br><p>Adventist News Network reports Bitu Baroi had been working at one of the garment factories inside the building when it collapsed on April 24.</p><br><p>The eight-story building housed five garment factories that employed thousands of workers, according to the Associated Press.</p><br><p>Ten Adventist young people were among the first responders. They helped rescue 30 victims, four of whom, were still alive, ANN reported. A few days later, 125 more Adventist youth helped the rescue teams.</p><br><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2013/05/adventist-boy-still-missing-in.html#more">This article continues. Keep reading »</a>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-67493285340742358422013-05-04T01:10:00.001-04:002013-05-04T10:08:40.940-04:00Buzzfeed features Adventist culture: "31 Signs You Grew Up Seventh-Day
Adventist"<a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2013/05/buzzfeed-features-adventist-culture-31.html"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-Ll58Jb9Iaa8/UYSX2GOx0tI/AAAAAAAACQU/M9LAEHfDJR4/w880-h320/buzzfeed+sda+asb.png" width="440" /></a><br /><br />Buzzfeed is a popular website famously known for posting funny lists on just about everything. <br /><br />On Friday, it featured Adventist culture in the United States with a post titled, "<a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/ashleyperez/31-signs-you-grew-up-seventh-day-adventist" target="_blank">31 Signs You Grew Up Seventh-Day Adventist</a>"A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-65834234516902665962013-04-06T01:18:00.000-04:002013-04-06T02:22:08.795-04:007-year-old kid preaches at more than 50 churches<div style="float: left; clear: both; margin: .2em 1.2em 1em 0em; text-align: left; font-style: italic; font-size: .5em;"><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2013/04/7-year-old-kid-preaches-at-more-than-50.html" style="clear:left; float:left; margin-right:1em; margin-bottom:0"><img src="http://www.gannett-cdn.com/media/USATODAY/GenericImages/2013/03/29/gan-little-preacher-032913-1-3_4_r536_c534.jpg" width="170px" alt="Samuel Green is only 7 years old, but is preaching God&#39;s love!"></a><p>(Photo by Joe Ellis/The Clarion-Ledger)</p></div><p>Who says kids can&#39;t preach or be in charge of church service? Age is no limit for this 3rd-grader in Jackson, Miss.</p><br><p>For the past two years, Samuel Green has preached his own memorized sermons at more than 50 churches and events —and he&#39;s only 7 years old!</p><br><p>USA Today featured the Seventh-day Adventist kid preacher in an article reprinted from a local newspaper.</p><br><p>Here&#39;s how he does it:</p><br><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2013/04/7-year-old-kid-preaches-at-more-than-50.html#more">This article continues. Keep reading »</a>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-5730245941418317542013-03-23T19:47:00.000-04:002013-03-23T19:53:25.938-04:00One year later, Adventist pastor still in Togo prison<div class="img_left"><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2013/03/update-one-year-later-adventist-pastor.html"><img src="http://news.adventist.org/images/sized/images/uploads/images/monteiro-prison-inside-315x213.jpg"></a><p>Adventist Pastor Antonio Monteiro, center, prays during a recent visit with church leaders in the Civil Prison of Lomé, where he has been held without bail for a year. [photo credit: Adventist News Network]</p></div><p>A year after Seventh-day Adventist Pastor Antonio Monteiro was imprisoned in Togo on unsupported charges, church lawyers and human rights activists are redoubling efforts to secure his release. </p><br><p>Togolese government officials this week rejected the Adventist Church’s fifth request for Monteiro’s immediate release, according to a lawyer from the church’s Sahel Union Mission working closely on the case.</p><br><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2013/03/update-one-year-later-adventist-pastor.html#more">This article continues. Keep reading »</a>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8213849060585430360.post-48268877148599055362013-03-23T19:25:00.000-04:002013-03-23T19:26:13.478-04:00Global Youth Day was the Adventist Church’s largest social media event<p>Last Saturday’s Global Youth Day was the single largest international mobilization of Seventh-day Adventists through social media, said Gilbert Cangy, the world church’s Youth Ministries director.</p><br><p>As hundreds of thousands of Adventist youth participated in community outreach, the church’s Youth departments worldwide reported their service activities live on Hope Channel in Australia, Germany and the United States.</p><br><p>More than 80,000 youth were connected through the social media – including Facebook and Twitter – and over 4 million people were talking about the initiative on the Internet.</p><br><a href="http://www.asabbathblog.com/2013/03/globalyouthday-was-adventistchurchs.html#more">This article continues. Keep reading »</a>A Sabbath Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05262659363367502925noreply@blogger.com0